{"id":2928,"date":"2013-07-29T00:32:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T00:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/?p=2928"},"modified":"2014-03-25T13:11:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T13:11:40","slug":"ibn-al-qayyim-explains-the-disbelief-of-ibn-sina-avicenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/ibn-al-qayyim-explains-the-disbelief-of-ibn-sina-avicenna.htm","title":{"rendered":"Ibn al-Qayyim Explains the Disbelief of Ibn Sina (Avicenna)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Name of Allaah, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful…<\/em><\/p>\n

Since\u00a0the publication of\u00a0our article, The Reality of Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Famous Scientist and Philosopher<\/a><\/em>, many people have been asking for more detailed proofs that Ibn Sina was not actually a Muslim<\/strong>, specifically from his own beliefs.<\/p>\n

This article provides more detailed proof about his specific beliefs from the writings of one\u00a0of the most amazing scholars in Islamic history, Ibn Qayyim al-Jowziyyah<\/strong> (d.751), may Allaah have Mercy on him.<\/p>\n

After Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned that Aboo Nasr al-Faaraabee <\/strong>(or Al-Farabi), like Ibn Sina<\/strong>, was upon an extreme deviation of the\u00a0concepts\u00a0promoted by Aristotle, including disbelief in Allaah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Last Day, he went on to say:<\/p>\n

Perhaps an ignorant person might say that we have\u00a0dealt too harshly with them, ascribing them to disbelief in Allaah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. This is not far-fetched for\u00a0someone who is ignorant of both their writings and the reality of true Islaamic teachings.<\/p>\n

[Disbelief in Allaah]<\/strong><\/p>\n

You should know: According to the teachings of the best of the modern philosophers, their voice, and their role model whom they prefer over the Messengers themselves, Aboo ‘Alee Ibn Sina<\/strong>,\u00a0Allaah\u00a0– Glorified and Exonorated above their claims – is merely\u00a0one who exists in\u00a0a general way, without having a single attribute, nor any\u00a0chosen actions at all. He does not know anything about the\u00a0universe at all. He does not know\u00a0how many planets there are, nor does he know anything of the unseen.\u00a0He does not speak, nor does\u00a0He have any attribute at all (in their beliefs).<\/p>\n

It\u00a0should be clearly\u00a0known that this concept is (that Allaah is) just an imaginary idea in one’s mind, having no reality. Its most apparent manifestation of this is when a person thinks of it and defines it in his mind, as he would imagine other theoretical concepts. This is certainly not\u00a0the Lord to whose Way the Messengers called, the One whom the previous nations knew of.<\/p>\n

The real Lord of the universe, the God of the Messengers, is clearly not this “lord” whom the heretics call to, stripping him of any real presence and any attribute or action, claiming he is neither part of the universe,\u00a0nor beyond it, nor having any connection at all to it, nor being seperate from it, nor being in front of it or above it, nor on the left or right, etc. The difference between the two is like the difference between existence and non-existence, like the difference between affirming something and negating it (i.e. complete opposites)!<\/p>\n

In fact, anything that could possibly exist would be more complete than this “god” who the heretics call to, the one their intellects have carved, while real carved idols have a real existence and this “lord” does not. He can only exist within the imagination!<\/p>\n

All of this is the case, while these heretics are more correct than their original teacher, Aristotle, since they affirm an\u00a0essential existence\u00a0(for Allaah)\u00a0and a contigent existence (for the creation), the essential existence being the reason for the existence of the contigent one and that which\u00a0decreed the existence of it. (i.e.\u00a0a philosophical way\u00a0to affirm the existence of a\u00a0Creator who has actions). Yet,\u00a0Aristotle only affirmed that He was a logical\u00a0base for the existence of plurality (in the universe) and\u00a0a hidden force behind the movement of the planets. He expressly denied that He knows anything or that He does anything by His Choice.<\/p>\n

His later narrated teachings\u00a0found in the\u00a0more modern\u00a0books (of philosophy) were merely\u00a0concocted by Ibn Sina<\/strong>. He tried very hard to combine his predecessor’s\u00a0blasphemy with the Religion of Islaam. The\u00a0closest\u00a0thing he managed to accomplish was to\u00a0endorse the worst\u00a0and most deviant teachings of the extreme Jahmiyyah. The Jahmiyyah, with all of their extreme negations (of Allaah’s Attributes and Actions), had a more grounded approach and\u00a0more correct opinions than those\u00a0people (Ibn Sina and his\u00a0likes). This is what can be said about their beliefs in Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic.<\/p>\n

[Disbelief in the Angels]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regarding the angels, they (the philosophers) do not know about or believe in the Angels. According to them, the Angels were merely figures of the Prophet’s imagination, just some abstract light-based shapes. They believe Angels were mental beings, having no existence in or outside of this realm, not above the sky, nor beneath it. To them, they were not beings that move, ascend, descend, control anything, or say anything. They do not record the people’s deeds, nor do they have any awareness or movement at all. They do not move from place to place nor\u00a0line up in rows for Allaah, nor do\u00a0they pray. They have no interaction with the affairs of this world, they do not take the souls of the dead, nor do they write people’s (pre-ordained) sustenance, lifespan,\u00a0or deeds (in the womb). Nor are they sitting (as witnesses) on the right and left (of a person). None of these things have any reality\u00a0at all, according to them.<\/p>\n

Some of them inched towards Islaam by saying that the Angels are the inner inclination to do good within a person, while the devils are the inner inclination to do evil. This notion was held only by the ones\u00a0who moved toward Islaamic beliefs and approached (the\u00a0teachings of) the Messengers.<\/p>\n

[Disbelief in the Books of Revelation]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regarding the Books (of Revelation), they did not believe Allaah has any speech sent down to earth by Angels. Instead, they believed Allaah has not spoken a word, and that He does not speak, nor is it even possible for Him to speak.<\/p>\n

Those of them who tried to approach (the Religion of) the Muslims would say that revelation is a flow of energy into a purified and virtuous individual, who would then comprehend the ideas (within that flow of energy) and put them together internally by interpreting them as voices addressing him. Sometimes the individual would be so spiritually involved that he would imagine shapes of light talking to him. Others would become\u00a0so spiritually involved\u00a0they could even make the people around them believe they also see and hear the address. Externally, none of this (internal spirituality) has any reality to it (according to them).<\/p>\n

[Disbelief in the Messengers]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regarding the Prophets and Messengers, prophethood according to them is\u00a0gained from three special characteristics. Whoever possesses them is a prophet:<\/p>\n

1) Strong intuition<\/strong>, which would allow\u00a0one to get to the core of issues quickly.<\/p>\n

2) Powerful imagination<\/strong> and a strong ability to cast imaginary ideas, so that\u00a0one could imagine the shapes of light addressing him, hear them, and lead others to (seeing and hearing) them.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0Ample ability to manipulate the molecular structure<\/strong> of things in this world, through\u00a0an ability to detach oneself from all connections to this world to make a connection to\u00a0the esoteric plains of independent intelligent beings\u00a0(i.e. Angels).<\/p>\n

They believe that these special characteristics\u00a0can be sought and\u00a0obtained (by anyone). The soofees who seek to attain prophethood remain upon this way, like Ibn Sab’een, Ibn Hood, and their likes. According to them, prophethood is a career, like leadership. In fact,\u00a0to them it is\u00a0common political leadership, one that many of them do not\u00a0want. They say:\u00a0Philosophy is the\u00a0most elite kind of prophethood, while regular prophethood\u00a0can be shared by anyone.<\/p>\n

[Disbelief in the Hereafter]<\/strong><\/p>\n

As for the Last Day, they do not believe the heavens will become torn apart, the planets will fall from their places, or that the people will be physically resurrected. They do not even believe that Allaah created the heavens and the earth in six days, nor do they believe\u00a0that He brought the universe into existence from nothing.<\/p>\n

[In Conclusion]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thus, they have no\u00a0(belief in a) beginning nor an end, nor do they believe in a Creator or any prophethood. No\u00a0book was sent down from\u00a0above the heavens with which Allaah spoke, nor did any Angels bring\u00a0anything down\u00a0as revelation from Allaah, the Most High.<\/p>\n

Having said that, the religions of the Jews and Christians after their abrogation and distortion are\u00a0in fact\u00a0better and less offensive than the religion of such people.<\/p>\n

It should be enough for you to realize how ignorant a person is about Allaah, the Most High, and\u00a0His Names, Attributes, and Actions that he says: Had Allaah known about the details of all things in existence He would have become fatigued and tired! Also, he would have become more complete through\u00a0this knowledge (had He known it).\u00a0It should also be sufficient to know just how misled, astray, and blind those who follow after them are, thinking so highly of them, and believing them to be people of true intellect!<\/p>\n

Their ignorance\u00a0and misguidance is enough to\u00a0shock you, that\u00a0they say\u00a0beings go on in succession (i.e. generation after generation)\u00a0indefinitely, and that the world came into existence through forces of intelligence that go back in time until there was only one being, alone, having no knowledge of\u00a0the\u00a0only other singular (seperate)\u00a0thing it\u00a0would\u00a0initiate, nor any power over it, nor any will to do anything with it! The very basis of their argument crumbles\u00a0when you\u00a0consider\u00a0if\u00a0that one thing which was initiated was not absolutely singular. And\u00a0even\u00a0if it were actually singular in all aspects, that would necessitate that it (the\u00a0creating force behind the universe) only initiated one thing similar to itself.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0multitudes of things in existence clearly disprove this concept, one\u00a0that intelligent people laugh at and people of understanding make fun of. And all of this is from the\u00a0mixed-up ideas\u00a0of Ibn Sina\u00a0and his attempts to\u00a0blend these concepts into\u00a0the Islaamic Legislation.<\/p>\n

There are many more examples (of disbelief that could be mentioned). Despite it all, their original\u00a0teacher (Aristotle) did not even affirm a creator for this universe!<\/p>\n

Thus, the man (Ibn Sina)\u00a0was a denier (of Allaah’s Attributes), a polytheist, a rejecter of matters related to prophethood and the Ma’aad (the Last Day), having no belief in the beginning or the end of creation, nor any belief in a messenger or a book.<\/p>\n

[End of Ibn al-Qayyim’s words.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong> Eghaathat al-Lahfaan<\/em> (2\/279-282 of the Muhammad Haamid Faqee printing).<\/p>\n

Now perhaps it is very clear why our scholars have spoken so harshly<\/strong> against Ibn Sina, declaring him outside of Islaam,\u00a0even\u00a0labelling those who would praise and promote him as a Muslim scientist\u00a0(knowing his reality) to be outside of Islaam. (as found here)<\/a><\/p>\n

And Allaah\u00a0knows best.<\/p>\n

Translated and\u00a0prepared by: Moosaa Richardson<\/em><\/p>\n

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